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Finally the exciting moment is near...we didn't quite reach our funding goal but we feel this event is so important to the students and everyone in our community that we do not want to charge anyone to come! The entire day will now be FREE to everyone. The day begins at 1:00pm at Sidney High School Gymnasium with Judge Greg Mohr as the host, introducing Dr. Gary Dale, former State of Montana Medical Examiner and Kat Perkins, a top five winner of Season 6 of "The Voice" taking stage to visit...
The Sidney area Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture is excited to kick off the Christmas season with the 2015 Christmas Story Stroll & Parade of Lights. Family and friends of all ages are asked to participate in the festivities that we will be putting on in our area. We will start things off on Sat., Nov. 28 on East Main Street from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. for our Christmas Stroll. We will have food and beverage vendors, and great holiday shopping in our retail stores. Stop in and get out of the cold at the Children’s Carnival located in the Village Squ...
Are you an older adult who is perhaps afraid of falling, has fallen or is at risk of falling? If so, you will want to attend “Stepping On,” a community-based seven-week program starting Mon., Oct. 19 and continuing on Mondays to Nov. 30, 2015. Each class will kick off with an optional noon meal at Outlaws Bar and Grill in Watford City. Sessions will follow at 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Outlaws. Pre-registration is requested prior to attending. Please contact the McKenzie County Extension Off...
Memorial services for Gordon MacDougal, 81, of East Fairview, MT were at 3 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, at Zion Lutheran Church in Fairview with Pastor Roberta Pierce officiating. Cremation has taken place under the care of the Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home in Sidney. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Gordon died on Friday, Oct. 9, 2015, at his home in E. Fairview....
Coming to Glendive’s Harvestfest & Junkapalooza is like going back in time. Not only are there hayrides, cider press, yard games and vintage furniture, people can try their hand at making butter. This Sunday from noon to 5PM the Harvestfest & Junkapalooza at the Dawson County Fairgrounds offers fun and shopping for all ages. It’s a celebration of local and the last farmers market of the season with entertainment and much more. Fayette Miller, Curator of the Frontier Gateway Museum will teach kids how to make butter from cream. She will hav...
The Best Western Golden Prairie Inn & Suites in Sidney was recognized with the brand’s highest honor, the M.K. Guertin Award at Best Western Hotels and Resorts’ 2015 Convention held recently in Honolulu, Hawaii. The award was presented in front of approximately 2,000 Best Western hoteliers. The prestigious M.K. Guertin Award is held in high regard as hotels that receive this award best represent the vision of Best Western’s founder and demonstrate exceptional levels of quality, guest satisfaction and dedication to the brand. The hotels must...
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s law enforcement division recently conducted check stations on boats coming into the state in an effort to ensure compliance with aquatic nuisance species laws and regulations. Robert Timian, enforcement chief, said check stations on Interstate 94 and U.S. Highway 2 revealed the majority of hunters and anglers are keeping their equipment free of unwanted species. “Our main focus was directed toward duck hunters trailering boats,” Timian said. “All total, there were less than a handful of individ...
On Tuesday, October 13th, first grade students at West Side Elementary participated in classroom science fairs. High school students stopped in to show their support. Pictures by Meagan Dotson...
Jordan Baxter blocks the volleyball against Glendive last Saturday in Sidney. Photo by Kathy Johnson....
The MonDak Heritage Center and Northeastern Arts Network present the Seventh Annual Oktoberfest, Friday, Oct. 23, 7 pm at the MonDak Heritage Center in Sidney. Proceeds from this event provide funding for the continuing presentation of Live Music at the MonDak Heritage Center and area schools by MDHC and NAN. This year’s celebration features music from Wylie Gustafson and the Wild West Band. Wylie Gustafson is a native Montanan singer/songwriter who lives the songs he writes. With three decades of writing, recording and performing under his b...
The Montana Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) commends the Fish and Game Commission for their recent adoption of guidelines establishing elk shoulder season hunts in Montana. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) released the proposed guidelines for public comment earlier this summer. The shoulder season comes after efforts to establish a late season, antlerless elk hunt were vetoed in the 2015 legislature. A ‘shoulder season’ is defined as any firearm season printed in the hunting regulations that occur outside the 5-week general firearm sea...
Sidney Eagle Football & Cheerleaders held Senior Night last Friday at the home football game against Glendive. Photos by Kathy Johnson....
Saturday, October 17, the 6th Street and Main Street intersection in Williston was reopened to through traffic on Main Street. A portion of 6th Street near the intersection will remain temporarily closed and traffic traveling on 6th Street may be unable to access Main Street. This is part of the Main Street Reconstruction project, which includes replacement of storm drains, sewer, water, sidewalks, landscaping and signal lights. The NDDOT Williston District serves the transportation needs of the communities in northwestern North Dakota,...
Late September, Caterpillar Inc. announced significant restructuring and cost reduction actions that are expected to lower operating costs by about $1.5 billion annually once fully implemented. The cost reduction steps will begin in late 2015 and reflect recent, current and expected market conditions. For 2015, the company's sales and revenues outlook has weakened, with 2015 sales and revenues now expected to be about $48 billion, or $1 billion lower than the previous outlook of about $49...
Escape the Zombies. Help support your local United Way on Oct. 24, 2015 at Spring Lake Park. Registration starts at 4 p.m. and the race starts at 5:30 p.m. Runners receive a flag football belt and 2 flags upon race check-in, then must avoid zombies throughout the course as they are chased for their flags. This 5k course offers some varied terrain such as asphalt, dirt, grass and hilly areas but does not cross any public roads outside of the park and fairgrounds area. This race is a great way to...
Celebrating Co-op month is a good time for everyone to join together and extend a helping hand to those less fortunate than ourselves. The entire month of October, Lower Yellowstone Electric will once again be collecting winter gear for the Salvation Army, and nonperishable food items along with monetary donations for the Richland County food bank. With the current economy, the percent of people looking to food banks for help across this country has increased dramatically. If you would like to donate items, please bring them to Lower...
North Dakota Game And Fish Department Fisheries Biologists Have Evaluated Fish Spawning And Stocking Success Across The State. Fisheries management section leader Scott Gangl said Lake Sakakawea produced good catches of Walleye and Yearling Perch. “We had a good hatch on Perch in 2014, and our guys were still seeing a lot of those in the nets this year,” Gangl said. “Our Walleye catch was above average with a combination of stocking and natural reproduction. Smelt numbers aren’t compiled yet, but other forage fish remain fairly stable when co...
Public lands in Montana will become free of commercial and recreational traps, if an initiative approved by the Attorney General’s office qualifies for the November 2016 general election and is approved by a majority of voters. The Secretary of State approved signature gathering Oct. 7. Proponents must get a minimum of 24,175 qualified signatures from 34 house districts in the state of Montana by June 17, 2016. According to the official state language the Montana Trap-Free Public Lands Act (MTFPL): Generally prohibits the use of traps and snare...
Agates are another lower Yellowstone River attraction. Millions of years ago, volcanoes ruled Montana east of the mountains. Powerful eruptions of molten lava and ash covered and destroyed hundreds of miles of forests. After centuries of activity, the climate cooled and rain washed silica and minerals from the surface of the land down into the labyrinths of hardened lava beds, filling the nooks and crannies with what several eons later would become Montana agates. In those unstable geologic...
Governor Steve Bullock issued an executive order declaring a state disaster to exist in Glendive, and authorized the expenditure of funds to assist in the community’s recovery and repairs to public infrastructure. “A severe storm with damaging winds have significantly harmed the infrastructure of Glendive and caused difficulty for their residents,” Bullock said of the declaration. “In Montana, when a neighbor is struggling we offer a helping hand. I’m pleased that the state is able to provide some much needed assistance to this community...
Gov. Jack Dalrymple today joined state and local officials to celebrate the completion of the third and final phase of Williston’s permanent truck reliever route. The 13-mile-long bypass is designed to divert regional truck traffic around the western edge of the city to ease traffic congestion and improve roadway safety. “This truck route is another example of our ongoing commitment to addressing the public infrastructure needs in western North Dakota and throughout the entire state,” Dalrymple said. “With more than 29,000 vehicles traveli...
Montana: Due to the heat and drought during the flowering period, pea yield is low in some areas of Montana,” states Chengci Chen, Ph.D. of EARC, Montana State University. “Some farmers only received 20-30 bu/ac yields, except for those who seeded very early and escaped the stress. Lentils did relatively better than peas. There is some Ascochyta disease pressure on chickpea. For a successful Chickpea crop. Fungicides do not control the Ascochyta blight if the varieties don’t have some level...
Russ Fullmer, who has worked as the Agricultural Manager for Sidney Sugars since 1999, is retiring after 30 years in the sugar beet industry. Fullmer began working at the Sidney factory in 1985 as an Agriculturalist and after four years was transferred to California. In 1993, he was promoted to Agricultural Manager and moved to Wyoming where he worked for six years before returning to Sidney. Space planting has been one of two impactful changes in growing sugar beets; for many years sugar beets...
Once again, the kids who entered The Roundup's Beet Decorating contest showed great originality and skill. Judging took place October 7 at Neu's Super Valu in Fairview. Thank you very much to Neu's Super Valu for hosting the event and Powder Keg for providing great prizes. Special thanks to all the kids who entered – you all did a great job!...
Warm, dry weather can result in soybeans being too dry at harvest. “The soybeans lose weight and become brittle, increasing the potential for handling damage when they are too dry,” North Dakota State University Extension Service agricultural engineer Ken Hellevang says. “Also, producers lose money at lower moisture contents.” Producers may want to recondition soybeans that were harvested at lower moisture contents to bring the moisture content up to the market standard of 13 percent. On a 40-bushel-per-acre yield, harvesting soybeans at 9 pe...
